# Use SingleStore as the database for an agent (/examples/storage/singlestore/singlestore-for-agent)



```python title="singlestore_for_agent.py"
"""Use SingleStore as the database for an agent.

Run `uv pip install ddgs sqlalchemy openai` to install dependencies."""

from os import getenv

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.singlestore.singlestore import SingleStoreDb
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Setup
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
USERNAME = getenv("SINGLESTORE_USERNAME")
PASSWORD = getenv("SINGLESTORE_PASSWORD")
HOST = getenv("SINGLESTORE_HOST")
PORT = getenv("SINGLESTORE_PORT")
DATABASE = getenv("SINGLESTORE_DATABASE")

db_url = (
    f"mysql+pymysql://{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}@{HOST}:{PORT}/{DATABASE}?charset=utf8mb4"
)
db = SingleStoreDb(db_url=db_url)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
agent = Agent(
    db=db,
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    add_history_to_context=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    agent.print_response("How many people live in Canada?")
    agent.print_response("What is their national anthem called?")
```

## Run the Example [#run-the-example]

<Steps>
    <Step title="Set up your virtual environment">
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        <CodeBlockTab value="Mac">
          ```bash
          uv venv --python 3.12
          source .venv/bin/activate
          ```
        </CodeBlockTab>

        <CodeBlockTab value="Windows">
          ```bash
          uv venv --python 3.12
          .venv\Scripts\activate
          ```
        </CodeBlockTab>
      </CodeBlockTabs>
    </Step>

  <Step title="Install dependencies">
    ```bash
    uv pip install -U agno ddgs openai pymysql sqlalchemy
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export environment variables">
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      <CodeBlockTab value="Mac/Linux">
        ```bash
        export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
        export SINGLESTORE_DATABASE="your_singlestore_database_here"
        export SINGLESTORE_HOST="your_singlestore_host_here"
        export SINGLESTORE_PASSWORD="your_singlestore_password_here"
        export SINGLESTORE_PORT="your_singlestore_port_here"
        export SINGLESTORE_USERNAME="your_singlestore_username_here"
        ```
      </CodeBlockTab>

      <CodeBlockTab value="Windows">
        ```bash
        $Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
        $Env:SINGLESTORE_DATABASE="your_singlestore_database_here"
        $Env:SINGLESTORE_HOST="your_singlestore_host_here"
        $Env:SINGLESTORE_PASSWORD="your_singlestore_password_here"
        $Env:SINGLESTORE_PORT="your_singlestore_port_here"
        $Env:SINGLESTORE_USERNAME="your_singlestore_username_here"
        ```
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    </CodeBlockTabs>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run the example">
    Save the code above as `singlestore_for_agent.py`, then run:

    ```bash
    python singlestore_for_agent.py
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>

Full source: [cookbook/06\_storage/singlestore/singlestore\_for\_agent.py](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/8f36eaf2d18e91afa7b327eec66a3cd3685dcb87/cookbook/06_storage/singlestore/singlestore_for_agent.py)